The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-01-21

Lh5 spring.. OIe OF TIC tuOSt IN Dor Ian ul1e
assi9i,eds tho commissioner. That of coliecti q
local statistics, he has bseR unable To perform
IN ANYTHING like thorough and satisfactory V
manner, owing 10 the defects OF the law. suci,
results as IL has been possible accomplish are
submitted with his resort. He suggests certain
amenuments to the law III this. and other re-
spects. to which invite your attention. The
board Of a9r!cnltnre has Accommodated more than
WIS hop1d III Its tormatid3. la Geserves en-
courage.nen.. Two fairs have been held AZ
Huron which were surprising in tiielr complete
ness and in the stsccess witch ATTENDED. ,hen
l believe an experimental farm under the direc-
lion OF this board, other competent direction.
would be valuable help to our agricultural In
forest We DO not want n scheme To prov Isle
places for officials. but plain simple pro
vision. for practical experiments, which 4liall be
or service TO The farmers OF tte eTsstory. The
board OF dental examiners submit report show
Ing rihety-eieht registered dentists in tho tnrri.
tory. The receipts OF the buard in two years IN
fees have been $3o9: expenditures, St7S Sc
Tho board asks thai the difference be made good
by an appropriation.
EAILwAY COMMISSION.
The creation OF tho railway commission, while
m experiment has certainly rcdounded TO the
public benefit. Perhaps the greatest az. .antare
has accrued from the speedy settlement OF dis
pntes between tho people and the companies.
the railways having for the most part complied
very promptly with the requests OF the commits
sion, All the roads in The territory have reduced
the rates of freight since the organization OF the
commission, and soiaa the passenger rates also.
considering thal the powers OF the commission
were limited, and that the law itself was very
crude and Incomplete, the people have reason 10
be encouraged over the results Much yet re-
mains to be done however, before the futi meas
nre OF pseiulLess Is attained by the commission
How this shall be realized Is a ditiCult
problem; as the question OF transporta-
t1on always has been. Ii does seem
however. as II somo menus ought 10
be devised whereby the farmers Jrodpc, could
be taken to market with reasonable promptness,
md ut rates which shall not invite bankruptcy.
There has been more than one period in the pas
few years when tho more grain U farmer raised
the poorer he became. This Ia disastrous TO the
railroads az we'll as the farmer, for their hope as
We'll ns his. lies in agricultural prosperity The
commission make number OF rceomn,euCla-
tons looking to the Improvement of ;he law to
whlch invite attention. Those relating to the
reputation of elevators. raquiring them to be
licensed and operated under bond. no ns to af-
ford Nc farmer assurance that his grain s safely
deposited, ahd stamping warehouse receipts
with the necessary authority to make them
negotiable, seem reasonable and timely. &nes-
traordinary state OF affairs stoa in October and
November, particularly along the line OF tho
Manitoba road, 1t being impossible to furnish
cars To carry the grain brought in by the farm
cfs. All the elevators were filled. teams were
waiting al the stations TO unload, and COM
plants parted In npcn the commissioners from
all quar- ers. Perhaps 80 serious blockade is
net likely TO occur again, b,it there seems bnt
one remedy for the difficulty. and that is In
multiplying the number of cars. The roads
WIN probably take steps in this direction but as
these cars and indeed u great number OF the
present complement must remain idlo nine
months in the year, the outlay viii necessarily
be be losing one, and VIII be incurred with hest
isei snhIe,t,sa no eorresnondenoe @ on ths sub
report of the commissioners, should be
carefully read This whole subject of trauspor-
such Importance TO the people. We look to the
railroads to develop this country. and none OF
u5 wish 10 deter new lines from coming in; but
the farmer must live or roads will have no in-
did come. The railroad commission should have
the confidence OF the people. II from any cause.
however slight, they are Without that conf
dancc. their power for good is greatly impaired
They should be under no personal obligations to
the roads and therefore. while they should have
the privilege of passing over the various lines
without charge. they should be prohibited from
soliciting any special privileges In the way of
passes or otherwise. The duty they have to
be above The SUSPICION uf having their jndg-
ment warped by favors of any kind Whatever
EDUCATIONAL. INSTITUTIONS, ETC
The governor eotnmends the school for the
deaf and dumb ut Sioux Falls. and thinks 1t is
In excellent cunflilion. and well managed. The
AT Grand Forks is well curuuGted
with good faculty; the only dscourasiRg CIR
cunlsta1fce being the limitod number or Students
in attendance, which is Too small for the char
acter of the institution. the terms. and the ,x-
celenl course of study offered. The university
NJ Nerfnlliinn is in u HourishnG condition, aud
a total attendance dutiag the present
year OF 200. The avriialtrrai college ut Brook
i,igs had 252 students enrolled Tor the last col
lega year. He recommends an approximation to
pay for the new normal school ut Madison, the
old building having been destroyed by iire The
school OF mines at Rapid City opens IN February
for the reception vi pupils. with promise of
succcsa No report has been received
from the normal school at Spcariish
There are 2so insane persons in the TWO hospi-
tails at Yanston and. jamestown. The governor
thinks that forty or fifty more might be accom-
inodated without anv seripus difficulty: bnt
it nndeniahle that there Will be need
OF enlargtng both hospitals before two wears
have expired. Both institutions seem to be well
conducted. He thinks there should be provision
under the law Tor an official inspection OF the
hospitals and prisons. There eighty-six
prisoners in the territorial penitentiary Sioux
Falls BY placing two in a cell tins prison viii
accommodates la males md ten teiaales. so
that 1t wonid not seem necessary to provide fur
ther room at present, unless IL is desired that
prisoners should be entirely separated A very
clear aud concise report is furnished hy the di-
rectors which, together with estimates for inl7
provornents and maintenance, submit here
with. The Bismarck penitentiarv contains fifty
two prisoners, aii bur one Of whom have been
sentenced from North Dakota in the past
twelve months. The presen. wing contains
room for IA prisoners, by placing two In u CELL
or seventy-two single occupants. Au exhibit Is
submitted largely made M OF the able report OF
the warden addressed to The directors He ad-
vahces many strong reasons for tic separate
confinement of prisoners, 10 which direct at
tention. Upon this subject OF single or dual
occupancy of cells depends the question of
whether provision shall be made for enlargne
both prisons. The governor discusses the aues-
tion of pardons ut some length. declaring that
no duty uevolveS upon the executive which is
filled with more perplexity. He gives II list Of
pardons granted, nearly all of which have been
endorsed by the judge passing the sentence, the
officers of the court and many of the iu rmen
and citizens. He says he Is very fuvor-
ably impressed with the law of Ohio pro-
riding for the parole of prisoners; the pris-
oner is placed at liberty under this law
with every incentive to become an honest
and industrious citizen; il he fails to meet the
expectations OF the authorities he can be re-
taken and punished in accordance with the
original sentence. He thinks that after an eS-
pericnce of u few years of this kind meeting,
as men usually Will, with fair success, tine in
centiye to crime thereafter will he almost if not
wholly removed, and the chances are IL, favor of
such a man continuing in the path OF reotitude
SO successfully begun. The militia has cost
somewhat more than the annual appropriations,
and the oferplus, amounting to Si,545.9l, has
been paid out Of the general fund. Largely
upon my reCopimendatiou the appropriation of
two years ago for the militia Was out down from
$4,000 to $4,000 per anunm. This Is abun
dant to keep up an effective organization, pro-
yided authority Is given the governor To limit
the number Of lnen IN each company. Under
the present statute the number may he twenty
or one hundred at the option OF the captain
IL the 300 paid out of the general fund he de-
Quoted from the regular appropriation there
will still be $lo,5Oo available between now and
mex. November Tor militia purposes. 1t no action
Is taken of course tho whole $4,000 can be
used. the 81, 800 paid as overpus not ben.
charged against tho appropriation. He con-
cludes as follows: lam not inclined, hope, to
permit my pride i'll the mtlitia organization to
affect my Judgment; hut am perfectly confident
that In appearance, drill and general elective
ness the national guard of Dakota stands III aa-
vance, not Only of all territories, but of man 7
states long since admitted to the Union and
granted the privileges stili denied her The
qnsrtermaster general submits report but the
death OF Gen. Free has delayed the report OF the
adjutant general
CONTAGIOUS PLEURO- PNEUMONIA.
In October last mich excitement was created
among the farmers and cattle owners of the
tprritory hY report that contagious pleuro-
pneumonia had bruken out in {, herd of cattle
owned by Mr. W, j. Burlington, In Oliver
county. An examination was made by the vet
erinarv surgeon OF the Cattle Growers Associa-
tion of Montana and by Dir. Coe. of the Morton
county board OF health, and the conclusion
reached that this dangerous disease really ex-
listed i'll the herd as reported. The cattle had
been purchased in Chicago and shipped from
thsrs At about the date or the breaking out
OF the disease i'll the stock yarus of that
city. where they were no doubt exposed Tho
alarm created by the report resntted in uumer-
ous inquiries from nctghboring states an terri
tories, and the greatest anxiety regarding the
outcome of the epidemic. There was IA demand
made on various governors for a quarantine
agatnst Dakota cattle, and for while it looked
as II this could scarcely he avoided. / deemed
1t OF the utmost Importance that prompt and
rigorous measures be taken to stamp out the
disease. and to this end requested the superin-
tcndent of the board of health To issue the neces
sary orders for The confinement AZ the cattle or
it necessary for their eXterniuation An eSami-
nation of the animals confirmed the prc-exist-
ing opinion that thc disease was the
worst form OF this cattle scourge, and orders